RHC/UA/32. Lorado Taft Field Campus
Record Group Term
Identifier: RHC/UA/32
The Lorado Taft Campus has been part of NIU since 1954 and served for over forty years as home to the Outdoor Education Program within the College of Education. A few records in this collection predate NIU's acquisition of the property and help to tell the history of Eagle's Nest Art Colony from its beginning in the 1890's. The Field Campus records comprise the majority of this collection, and include institutional histories, news releases, photographs, administrative correspondence, published articles, minutes of meetings, program reviews and reports. A third series focuses on the theme of outdoor education. Oral history tapes on outdoor education topics [1960’s-1980’s] comprise the final series.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lorado Taft Field Campus
Collection
Identifier: RHC-UA-32-##076
Scope and Contents
The Lorado Taft Field Campus records are divided into four series: Eagle’s Nest Art Colony, Lorado Taft Field Campus, Outdoor Education Programs and National Camp, and Oral History Tapes.
The first series consists of records documenting life at the Eagle’s Nest Art Colony which occupied the campus site near Oregon, Illinois from 1898 to 1942. Articles by and about Lorado Taft and the other members of the Eagle’s Nest Association, as well as photographs of the members and scenes of life in...
Dates:
created: 1883+; Other: Majority of material found in 1945-1998; Other: Date acquired: 03/00/2000
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
